QUICKLINKS

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

National Banana transport figures for week 25 were approximately 417,000 ctns which was a decrease of some 13,000 cartons on the week prior. Temperatures in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures fall within a range of 11.8 - 18.5C across all major growing regions; and day time temperatures still ranging 20.3 - 29.1C. Rainfall in North Qld banana growing regions this week were as follows: Mareeba receiving 0mm for the week; Innisfail receiving a total of a 49.8mm and South Johnston receiving 40.2mm throughout the week.

Banana Quality was on a par with last week, minimal skin marking; a presence of light rub and a few clusters with minor neck damage; a little sooty mould found on a few lines of ladyfingers.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas were relatively stable as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $4.49/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.50/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.50/kg in the stores visited.

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BANANA SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Aldi; Coles and Woolworths Cavendish Displays

AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows:

· Week 25, 2025 - The industry experienced an overall 10.28% decrease in production on the previous week’s harvest with this weeks total of 430,310 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 49,000 less tray equivalents) on Week 24, 2025 production.

Production across the country saw Central Queensland take over the lead in production with a number of NQ Farms having finished their harvest for this year - Central Qld accounted for 47.31% of the total volume, followed by North Queensland accounting for 45.30%, then Southern Queensland for just 4.76%, then Central NSW for just 1.08%; then WA/NT for 0.80% and TNR 0.62% of the total production for the week.

· It is forecast that a total of some 372,477 tray equivalents will be dispatched this week (Week 26) nationally, with the majority of these being Hass!! Production for the next three week period thereafter, is expected to fall within the range of 304K-353K tray equivalents per week, which would suggest that supply is continuing to tighten.

In terms of Avocado retailing in the major supermarkets in Qld this week we saw fundamentally a uniform offering in terms of pricing this week as follows - Aldi’s Hass at $1.49each; Coles Qld stores visited had Hass avos priced at $1.50ea, and Woolworths Qld with GMAX at $2.50ea and Hass at $1.50ea.

AVOCADO SNAPSHOT

Left to Right: Woolworths Hass; Woolworths GMAX; Aldi Hass and Coles Hass Avocados in Queensland stores

STOCK IN STORES

QUICKLINKS

🍌Bananas at Woolworths

🥑Avocados at Woolworths

BANANAS AT ALDI

ALDI BUNDABERG

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg. Mostly good colour and clean fruit, some with bruising.
Havana bananas art $3.99/kg.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish Bananas priced at $4.49/kg.
Havanas at $3.99/kg.

BANANAS AT COLES

COLES BUNDABERG

Cavendish at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Lady Fingers at $8.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish on display $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $4.50ea.
Lady Fingers $7.90/kg. Red Tips at $5.90/kg. Organic at $6.50/kg.

BANANAS AT WOOLWORTHS

WOOLWORTHS BUNDABERG

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.
Lady Fingers at $8.00/kg, Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Organic at $6.50ea.

WOOLWORTHS INDOOROOPILLY

Cavendish priced at $4.50/kg. Kids packs at $3.00ea.
Red Tipped bananas at $5.90/kg and Organic at $6.50ea.

AVOCADOS AT ALDI

ALDI BUNDABERG

Ct 23 Hass at $1.49ea. Good clean avocados and consistently sized.

1kg prepacks at $4.49 and 5 piece Shepard prepacks at $4.49ea, and 3 piece GMAX at $5.99ea.

ALDI INDOOROOPILLY

Ct 23/25 Hass at $1.49ea.

1kg prepacks at $4.49 and 5 piece Hass prepacks at $4.99ea - some very small pieces within these packs, and 3 piece GMAX at $5.99ea.

AVOCADOS AT COLES

COLES BUNDABERG

Ct 23-25 Hass Avocados priced at $1.50ea. Fruit packed between 12th and 13th June, fruit age therefore was 12 to 13 days old from date of pack.

COLES INDOOROOPILLY

Ct 23-25 Hass Avocados grown and supplied by Rockridge Farms and Costa (Golden Triangle Hass) priced at 2 for $3.00.
1kg prepack at $4.90ea. 5 piece packs at $5.50ea. Organic avocado at $3.90ea.